Holiday giving

A couple of years ago we told you about goodsearch. To see that post click here. We would just like to remind you as the holiday shopping starts that if you are ordering things on-line many stores give a percent of the money you spend to your favorite charity when you access their site threw the goodsearch page.

Saving tip:

If you like ham, now is the time to get some. Most, ever grocery store has it on sale for Easter. If you have freezer space it will freeze well.

Shopping High!

Today I did my grocery shopping for this week. On Sunday I bought a paper to see if the coupons in the Sunday paper make it worth the cost of the paper. ($2). Anyway the store was doing double coupons $.50 and under (which I learned in the paper) and was doing a mix and match 10 for $10 plus the 11th free. So I bought the sale items in groups of 11 (to max. sale) and bought a tube of toothpaste that was part of the sale and that I had a $.50 coupon for. So it was $1 and I got $1 off its price. Free toothpaste!!!!!!! And it wasn't even the 11th item. Over all I saved $7 in the paper's coupons as well as $9 from the store it self's coupons. With a total savings on the receipt of over $60, although, it would really be more as it doesn't count if meat's on sale for $.99 a pound when it's normally $1.99 a pound or if a bakery or deli item is repriced at 40% off because it's a day old or expires soon. Yahhhh!!!!! Shopping High!!!!!!! I love saving money on things!!!

Note to readers:

Today everything at Bargain Books stores is 1/2 off. The next 1/2 off day will be the 4th of July.

Our New Year’s Resolutions:

We at Weird News B.N.I. pointed out last year the importance of sharing resolutions, in order to have a greater chance of success. If you look up you will see that we did in fact make our resolution this year. (That and that we will need a new tag line in a day.) So we are once again sharing our resolutions, so February we can’t be like “No, we didn’t have and resolutions that we have failed at.” (Unless we delete this post!) Any way here are this years resolutions:

1. Write an average of at least 10 pages a week handwritten, 5 typed or a combination of the two (for example 2 typed and 6 handwritten). This blog does not count unless I am writing a fictional story or poetry.

2. Maintain my current weight or loose weight.

3. Read at least a total of 1825 pages, (i.e. an average of 5 pages a day.) of religious or spiritual writings. As our pastor suggested everyone have a new year’s resolution for their spiritual life, but not pick something unreasonably big for them we will let you know now we A. hope to read more then that and B. are going to be generous in what fits into the category just in case. For example, we are including in it fiction. (Note: to husband, you can not use this to make me read the Narnia series to the kids, you know how I feel about its “Symbolism.” “Hello, descendants of Adam, my name is Aslain and I’ll be your blantly obvious representation of Christ today.”)

End of the year time

Once again it is the end of the year. We at WNBNI would like to remind you it’s the time for last minute tax write-offs. Now is the time for end of year giving to charities. Although in the past we listed various charities info, with the current economy it is sooo easy to think up many a charity in need. So find one to help today.

Shameless Begging

It is once again that time of year when we at Weird News B.N.I. put together a list of ideas to give the Computer Cultured American (i.e. nerds and geeks) in your life. While you all full well know 1) what a CCA wants and 2) we are only shamelessly trying to get you to give us these things. Anyway here are some gift ideas, that keeping with the: you really don’t need help with this theme, can all be found on-line. This year in addition to my favorite geek on-line store of Think Geek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/) I will also use a new favorite on-line store of oddities to list from, Archie McPhee (http://www.mcphee.com/)

* Candy and Mints: Sure we geeks all love strange Japanese candies, but we have found even stranger mints to try, including: anise flavored Absinthe mints, Decaf, Double Short, Low-Fat Mochaccino Mints and grog flavored Pirate Mints, just don’t get us flavorless Nihilist Mints, or Chum Bucket Mints. And how about some Wasabi or Shakespearean insult gum?

* What’s more fun than a Glow-in-the-Dark Flesh Eating Zombies Play Set? The Horrified B-Movie Victims to go with it.

* The Ultimate Geek Pen, it’s the ultimate!!!

* Geek temporary tattoos, w00t!

* A Desktop Carnivorous Plant set, good for really, really small annoying bosses.

* 20 questions pocket mind reader, its minutes of fun!

* Dread Pirate Roberts Action Figure, add your favorite “The Princess Bride” quote here.

Reminder:

We at W.N.B.N.I. would like to remind you that we have many holiday posting from earlier years. Remember to look threw earlier post, so we don't have to repeat things every year. (Not that we won't repeat somethings. [Blanint gift begging coming soon!])

Turkey Day Tips-

Remember any recipe that uses cooked chicken can use turkey.

Turkey Day Tip:

Rember to thaw your turkey!

Turkey Day Tips-

Use warm milk or cream in mashed potatoes to keep them warm until you eat them.

Thanksgiving on a Diet

Replaced the mashed potatoes and sweet potato casserole with sweet potatoes mashed with a little butter, skim milk and cinnamon.

Turkey Day Tips-

Gravy made with a roux will thicken as it cools.

Turkey Day Tips-

Gravy made with a corn starch slurry needs to hit boiling before it will thicken.

Thanksgiving on a Diet

Make sure to include a salad or soup starter to help you eat less.

Turkey Day Tips-

Let the turkey rest at least 20-30 mins. After cooking for a juicy bird.

Thanksgiving on a Diet

Use smaller plates to eat on so you put less food on your plate.

Turkey Day Tips-

Adding whole, peeled garlic to your roasting pan will add flavor to your bird and give you roasted garlic to add to your gravy or mashed potatoes

Gifts for Book Lovers

As you may guess there are not many books on Thanksgiving. We are busy reading one now and we have in the past read other books on the subject and related ones for WNBNI, but as we have 100 books to read this year we have decided to start reading books that may make good gifts to people you know earlier, so we aren’t reading 12 books in the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This new section on books will be called “Gifts for Book Lovers” and will only contain newer books and ones that we know at still easy to find on sale. In addition to the information that we normally write we will include who might like this book. (We know, we sometimes already add this info, but all of these books will have it.)

Thanksgiving on a Diet

Skip on the rolls with butter.